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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-29
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EL-
Winnipeg, o &, 27-Immiaratlon re-
turns to date shov over 50 900 settlers in
Canada, being an increase OF 1900 over
last year. Manitoba and the northwest
got 10000 Of the new corners, an increase
of so per cent.
DR.. Dawson, assistant director OF the
geological survey, who headed the party
sent by the Dominion government TO ex-
plore the country adjacent to the Alaska
boundary, has got back to Victoria.
Twoof his party, Messrs. OgilvIe and
Mcdonnell, will winter in the district
making astronomical observations which
will give date for the establishment
of the international boundary. The
expedition 80 far has secured O great
deal of geological. geographical
and general information of the ooun-
try and it is far from being the Arctic
region it ii sometimes represented TO
be- The point from which the doctor
turned back was OF the junction OF the
Lewis and Pelly rivers. II is ], 900 miles
north of Victoria. There the flora was
fonnd to differ but little from that on
the bankS OF the Fraser. A great deal
OF open, grassy country exists along the
streams tributary to the Yukon, No areas
OF snndra or frozen swamps, such as are
to be met with in the interior OF Alaska,
were discovered by the expedition. The
doctors conclusion is that the whole
country from Oaesian to the vicinity of
Forty Mile creek, on the Yukon river.
(Which must be near the eastern bound
airy OF Alaska) yields more or less gold
in piacers deposits. This would CON
stitnte q gold bearing region fully 500
miles In length by an indefinite width
and which SO far, in comparison 20 the
area, has been very little prospected.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-29
lalg gresa AMI 9aaotaias
Death OF a wnd wan.

A correspondents from Beaumont, Tex
as writes: For over tseusy yea 70 q will
man by tie name o. r ohardson, with his
famliy CONSISTING OF u wife, with an
occasional cnild aided, huys inhabited
she woodland thle&ees OF Jasper ana
Harden ~counfl,e, hiding hitner and
thitner as occasion might reqalre,subsis.
Lug on the uative products OF the forest
sucn as s.ofns. roots, etc., and when
opportunity offered tine dsoay lug tesh
VI deaf Wild lima In their wooded
q, reai, heuged In 10y an almost impene-
tfab.e thlcket, this strange family lived
III trammeled by the rule OF civilized
society. This lite they led until about
Three months ago., when unwittibgly
wandering within three miles of Beau.
mont, the family apparently almost
overcome with sickness aud hunger. and
unable TO wander further, were captured
by passers by and brought here.
The church appointed q committee,
who rented a house for them and under
TOOK TO furnish them with all the sub
stantiala Of life, bat old gray heads
shook at b action OF the COMMITTEES.
That man will die, they said, it you put
him In u house where he is protected
from the elements; treatment OF this
kind will kiil them, all they need is
plenty of rain and sunshine, cold and
heat, o hollow log or grassy meadow to
sleep In. But the fated nand Of c,yiliza
tion was kindly placed IN them. In q
comfortable house the tender hands OF
the first ladies of the land nursed them
preachers prayed for thom; they were
furnished medicine by the skilled hand
of an ailopathio physician, fed on the
hest the market aft orded, bat notwlth-
standing all the klld treatment the pre-
diction OF the gray heads became true,
and the wild spirit Of the man, the child
of nature, and an inhabitant of natures
wild forests, winged it's way to the
happy hunting grounds of eternal rest
The survivors will nov witness the
strange sight Of seeing the father and
husband laid to his eternal rest in the
bosom OF mother earth, IN o coffin made
by skilled workmen of some great city,
and paid for out of the Golfers OF Jetfer-
son county, while they look on and
wonder like some dumb creature at the
strange proceedings. The survivors of
this strs gs family will now, no doubt,
beteke themselves to their former re-
treat, as the toll and worry, and work
especially, is exceedingly dlstastetul to
them.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-29
{ ELECTION MnIlnr

IL +
Tuesday, of # S Ssreay given that on tue .....
~. aaau month an election viii bss ahe 9th day
sgse,ai precincts of Yankton neio In the
Nv JUSTICES of the peace. to fiji
w " apnstaoies, 10 fill vacan les. ''"nelea.
Ter,ir also upon the gu stlUn of dly;s;,
line up q me SEA- eva, UPON an east and w ,ne
an eiscIaos Will Also be he.d in IN
oonntl ~ aooeL distinct tprec,nct No. SECOND
county commissioner of Sal distr,n. la3 lori
such etec Ion Wi | be onan.G
m OF tald day and continue onen ~ ~. q lock q.
-. m. thereof uhtll 0o'uioyk
The sevetal pre- cincts of yank,,n
toesetip, d ana bounded as foil W.. county are
rarst precinct All OF townships ~ VII VII ~
kTeotion will be held at tha
mouse, In the villa g of GayyiIlee uoiie school
SECOND precinct All OF townshin 90
an 90 70 except seelonto, and Is. in said t tanse
Election will he held ut yorIn.
se1Iioh y. township IS, range 81. Aouse In
Third precinct township "a. ran,s 3
the pakota r 9wnahips w. range IS, lying east Of
Eiection will be held at the public ,,,oo,
hgnse, IN school district No. Az. ''nooi
EEGurln preslnctI,Township as, range IA
In district No. 20. 'enooih mouse,
Fifth precirct,Township os, range 81.
Rxma .i;I IN said 20 DE neia at the house of John X.
sixth pTecinct-Iha part of township OK
range 90 lying east of the Dakota river 70,
Eiectlon VIII be held at the public ,cboo,
house near John McOabe's. soaool
Seventh preoinct-Township an. rsroo
Election will be held at the school ~.
district No, 50, township SO, range IS. u IN
| Elgnth preclnCt-Township & range s7 -.
north one-halt (nh) OF township s5. range H ana
Eiectlon VIII be held at the school 6opss in
ai S;nfb no. y, IN t9wnstip q, rasge 81.
snip %, range ST.. and sections / to a. botb
inclusive, township "a, range 81. '''n
Electlon wall be held at the house of Andrea.
Czerwonka IN township 95, range 81.
,Ienth DEMONSTRATIONS rs to 3B, both in.
ship 93. range 81.
Election will be held ut the publio .ohoo,
mousse near Pfelffer Bros store at Lakeport-
Elevent precinct-rownship 9B, ranpe IA
and sections 1 to II, both inclusive. Of TOWNSHIP,
e5, range 56. nAp
Election will be held at the school houas !,
district No. Il at Jamesville
Twelfth preclnct--Township 9h, range IA
except sections l to IL, and north one-hsli (p1.i
of township 81, range So. vi"
election Will be held at the school house in
olstrlct No. 90, township 81, raIge So.
thirteenth p ecinct-south one-half (sxl of
township VA, range 81, and township SO, range
90, including all that part of the city of Yapt-
ton lying west of Broadway street in said CITY
Election will be held at the st. Croix Lum-
Der company Office on Broadway, Yankton.
Fourteenth precinct--lownship 95, range IS.
west OF the Dakota river; also that part OF
township u, range 55, lying west of Dakota
river, and ~sections6,7 and IL, township o..
range Do, including That part of the city OF
1ankton lying in said sections and east of
broadway street IN said city.
Election will be held at the county oommis-
|AaOuer1G office in the court house.
CHRISTIAN HAGE County Auditor.
Sankton, September II, 1887.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-29
Doomed for coppre.s.

Chicago Journal, 90: Oar old jour
n~alistic brother, Hon. A. III. Thomson,
formerly a well.known editor OF Wisoon-
sin, subsequently of Chicago, and who
ia now q sialwart farmer in Dakota, is
being doomed BY some OF the news.
papers or that territory for delegate to
congress. MI. Thomson was once the
speaker OF the Wisconsin Legislature
and made a fine record as a parliamsn-
tartan. He would be O valuable repre-.
sentative for Dakota at the national
capital.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-29
MAGAZINE for Riddinr Road. OF snovv

Machine for Kidding Roads of snow.
This is an English invention construct.
ed on the principle that snow in cities
ctn be desls with directly in the pl,.ce OF
spot on which it falls, when if is In 4
light and aeecy condition, and there
fore easily melted The apparatus con-
sists OF a wrought iron tube about Thirty
i've feet long, having q furnace sc one
end and $ short length of vertical pipe
for q chimney at the other; the tube is
made in lengths Of six feet, aud each
length is taperea 30 that they all Ct into
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-29

have been troubled with ostarrh from
boyhood, snd conAidered my case chronic until
about three years ago l procured Ely's Cream
Balm aud l count myrelt sound to-day, all
from the nee Of one bottle y. h. Cooley,
Mere ami, Montrose, Pa.
disagrseable disease which ! supposed to be
catarrh. l think it one of the best OF remedies
ZOE any complaint of the nasal organs,-F. w.
Anaconda, Mont.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-29
May to He'll.

Dear Bell. IN write you a short letter
To FAY I'm wonderfully better:
bow mucht that means you ought to know.
Who saw nae just one month ago
Thin. nervous, trotful, white az chalk.
Almost .oo weak TO breathe or talk;
Heeo ~throbbina, as il ft for breaking.
a weary, evcr-present aching.
Blu now life aeems a different thing.
/ feel as glad as bird on wipgl
ray, n fear no contrad ction,
That Pier ehs Eayorite Prescription
Ia grand Why, I'd have died without it'll
Ma thinks there's no mistake about it,
Its driven all my ills Always:
just Como and aeei Yours ever, MAY.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-29

WILL YOU SUFFER with Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaints Shiloh's Vitiaizer
is guaranteed TO cure. you. Sold by DR..
Vanaerhule,
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Positive Written Guasanfal
GUIDE

S60 Pages, = !. Fine Plates.
Elegant cloth and gilt hiading. Sealed for Soc
n money. or postage stamps. Over fifty wonder.
tui pen pictures, showing who may marry. who
Manhood. Womanhood. PhYsiosl decay. Who
should marry, How life and happiness may be
Increased. Those married or about to marry
thinking man and woman. Popular editor,
paper cover. abc. Address nR- ygEfITrIER
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-29

r .EQ51 BLANK CATALOGUE FOB Is,s7,
- The press and Dakosainn Legal Blank
catAiogu0 TOR 1855, is now ready for delivery .
Ssnt frssN 10 sny sddrsns on application.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-29
what a nnncaI

l Suffered with fever, hot head and foul breath.
With stomach disordered-was sick unto death.
| bore it q week surely l was a Ounce
Then ! took q few "Pellets" they pared nae at
once.
What q Ounce, indeed, to neglect such
q remedy and suffer a week, when quick
relief could have been found in DR..
Pierce's PieasaDd Purgative Pellets,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-29

sLEEPLEss NIGHTS, made miserable
by that terrible cough. .Shiloh's Cure IL
the remedy for you. Sold by DR., Wander
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-29

SHILOH'S COUGH and Consumption
Cure is sold by as on guarantee. 1t cures
Consumption. Sold by DIR. Vanderhule.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-29

GROUP, Whoopine COUGH and
Bronchitis Immediately. relieved by
Shiloh's Cure. Sold by DR.. V%anderhule.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-29
a. W. HOWARD. prs.idens.
'Yankton Savings Bank.
Capital, 1926, GOO.

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per hnnum
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-06
CHAPTER V.
A LOCOMOTIVE LEFT BEHIND.


 At length we reached the Etowah river asd safely passed over the great bridge at that point. No stop was made, though the first serious cause for anxiety was here visible. Hitherto every. hing had worked exactly as we had calculated, and our confidence in our leader and in final success was correspondingly increased; but on Q side track which connected with a little branch road that ran up the river about five miles to the Etowah iron works and rolling mills, there stood a locomotive! It was but short distance from us, and the smoke from the funnel showed too plainly that it was ready for work, thus constituting an element of the most dangerous character which had not been embraced in our calculations. 1t was named the Yonah-a private en- zine used by the owners of the works for their own purposes. Thoroughly as An drews had explored the road, he had no knowledge of it's existence until the mo- ment when he saw 1t standing on the side track not dozen yards away, and looking as if it was ready to enter upon race with our General on equal terms It was still thirteen miles to Kingston, and the enemy, if there was any direct pur- suit, would be able to get an engine there much sooner than we had supposed possi- ble. Several men were gathered about it, but not enough to make an assault seem very formidable to our party At the first sight, Knight said to Andrews, "We had better destroy that and the big bridge,o but Andrews refused with the remark, "It won't make any differencen
 Nearly all critics of the expedition who knew of the presence of this locomotive for long time I did not, as was shut up in the box car-are disposed to think that here Andrews assde 'a most unac.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-06

dence we had in our leader to . very se-
 were test. There was no precaution An
 drews had uegiected-probably because
 he trusted so fully in his own marvellous
 genius-but the need of which was felt
 keenly afterward. No lieutenant was ap-
 pointed. One who could have taken
 charge of the men, leaving Andrews free
 to plan and give general directions, would
 have been a support to us now and help
 to all of us later. With George D. Will
 son or some other of the soldiers as au- kthorized second, the force would have
 been in better fighting trim, and, what is
 of still more importance, Andrews would
 have felt more free to order the capture
 of any pursuing train. But at present
 we had nothing to do but wait till the
 road was cleared for us.
 Before suspense became intolerable the
 whistle of an approaching train was
 heard, and the local freight rumbled up
 to the eastern side of the depot and
 made haste to begin the inevitable con versation. He went over and spoke to
 the conductor, telling him to pull his
 train, which was quite long, on down the
 road so that we might get out of the
 switch and proceed on our way, adding the same powder story. This conductor saw that Andrews was treated with
 marked deference by the people about the station, and did not hesitate to believe his story and obey the order. But before he had moved his train Andrews noticed a red flag on the hind car, and at once ex- claimed: sWhat does this meani I am ordered to get this powder through to Beauregard at the earliest possible mo- ment, and now you are signaling for an other train on the trackr' No doubt An drews felt all the vexation he expressed. The man said he was very sorry, but 1t could not be helped; and then he gave the reason, which was Q startling piece of in- telligence. Mitchell had captured Hunts vile and was said to be advancing east ward toward Chattanooga by forced marches; and as they had no force to re- sist him, they were running everything out of Chattanooga, and had put large extra train on the track to get the rolling stock, as well as the goods, out of the way. Andrews thanked him for the in
 formation, and told him to go long way down the road so that the extra would have room enough to get by, adding, ''1 must be of the very first minute that is | possible" The conductor made no ob- ! jection, but asked, s'What will you dc about Mitchell at Huntsville?" Andrews replied: sT do not believe the story Mitchell would not be fool enough to TUT | down there, but if he is, Beauregard will | soon sweep him out of the road. At any rate have my orders" The train wa: l pulled down the road, and the tedious pro cess of waiting continued.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-06

CHAPTER NV.
 THE FIRST STAGE OF THE RUN NoRTHwARD.
 Various manifestations of triumph were made as soon as we were off. Dorsey sprang to his feet, crying: "Boys! we are done playing reb. now! We are out and out Yankees from this time on' But George D. Wilson, who was older than the rest of us, cautioned him, saying: Don't be too fast, Dorsey; we're not out of the woods yet"
 And indeed it soon seemed as if we were to have serious trouble at the out set. The engine ran slower and slower, until it finally came to full stop We were not yet far from camp. There had been just one burst of speed, and then this sickening and alarming failure of power. We asked eagerly of those for ward what it meant, and the answer was far from reassuring-"The steam has gone down." In a few moments we learned the reason. The dampers were closed on the engine fires when the stop for Big Shanty was made, and they were not opened by our boys in the hurry of the start; consequently, the fire was al most out. A little oil and some fresh wood promptly mended matters. No time was lost while stopping here in this en- forced manner, for we had started ahead
 
 track. The telegraph wire was also cut. This was necessary, for though there was no office at Big Shanty, a portable battery might be found, or a swift messenger be sent back to Marietta, and single light ming flash ahead would blight our fondest hopes. Breaking 8 wire is not as easy as it seems; but we adopted plan which worked all day, and took up no time that was not also utilized for other purposes. John Scott, who was agile as a cat ran up the pole, and knocking off the insulating box at the top, swung down on it. A small saw found on the engine easily cut the tightly stretched wire close to the box. This did not take more than one or two minutes.
 At this first stop Andrews, who had not shared our uneasiness about the fire in the engine, came back and clasped our hands in ecstasy, manifesting more excite ment than ever saw in him before; ex- claiming that we had the enemy now at such disadvantage that he could not harm us or save himself. ''When we have passed one more train,' he declared, "we'u have no hindrance, and then we'll put the engine at full speed, burn the bridges after us, dash through Chatta- nooga and on to Mitchell at Huntsville We have the upper hand of the rebels for oncev
 By saving that we had only one more train to pass before doing this, Andrews did not mean that there was but one train coming toward us. There were three, which had already left Chattanooga; but only the first of these, a local freight, which might be met at any point between this and Kingston, was a real obstacle. Andrews knew the time schedule of the other two, and could plan to meet them at any given station, even if we were far ahead of our own time. Had there been none but these three trains his triumph ing would have been we'll warranted. The following is the basis upon which Andrews made his calculations: He be-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-06


 THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OR GEORGIA STATE LINE RAILROAD.
 egram to Atlanta could very soon start a train after us, but it would be forty or fifty miles behind; and long before it could come up bridges would be burned, the track and telegraph cut and the road completely destroyed. We expected to run on our regular time to Kingston, which would thus take about two hours, but to obstruct the track at several places on the way; then with the local freight safely passed, hurry on to the Oostenaula Cor Resaca) bridge, twenty-four miles further, in half an hour more, burn that, and sweep on over the eleven bridges of the Chickamauga, and leaving them in flames (also the one of the East Tennessee road, over the same stream), pass by Chattanooga on the "Y" running over to the Memphis and Charleston road and press as rapidly as possible westward to Bridgeport, and on to Mitchell, wherever he might be. It will be seen that leaving out of account any accident to our train, and any difficulty in passing the trains we were to meet, our calculations were al- most dead certainties. With two ex- perienced engineers, and caution in rum ming, accidents were not likely to occur; and Andrews trusted to his own marvel. ous address lahd not vain1y. as the result
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a knife blade thrust in the silk globe over head, or the slightest tear in the delicate fabric, will in Q second take away the security of the man in the clouds. So the loosening of 8 bolt, or the breaking cf a wheel would leave us powerless in the midst of our deadly enemies. It was such possibilities, always so near, that im- parted thrilling interest to our passage through towns and fields and woods in the heart of the enemy's country.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-06

majority; but g fortunate mis- take on the part of one man served the Con- federate cause better than the deepest calcula- tion could have done; in fact, gave rise to the thrilling railroad chase that fol- lowed. Conduc- tor Fuller, En- gineer Cain and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-06
CHAPTER VI.
PURSUED.

While the moments are dragging their leaden weight along as the three trains rest on separate tracks at Kingston, it may be well to narrate the experiences of those whose engine was unceremoniously wrested from them at Big Shanty. Wc had counted on Q great commotion and excitement following the seizure, and in this we were fully warranted; but we also believed that for some little time no one would know what to do. In this we were mistaken. The absence of q tele.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-06

lieved that no en- zine could be had for pursuit nearer to Big Shan ty than Kingston on the north, or Atlanta on the south, each about thirty miles distant. If the rebels pursued toward Kingston the best they could do was to follow us on fleet horses, and the time,
 allowing for delay in starting and the state of the roads, could not well be